This has come up more than once. I had forgotten about this analysis and think it deserves a thread all of it's own.
Here is Dr. Adequate's comment( modified somewhat for this thread) lifted from a site he links to:
quote:
With no supplied definition of "information" we can still analyze changes for a wide range of possible definitions.
This site supplies the analysis:
Skeptic Wiki Analysis
There are 3 axioms which must be considered first:
1. Two identical pieces of DNA contain the same amount of information.
2. The "null string" consisting of no DNA contains no information.
3. Some strings of DNA contain information.
Does anyone have any issues with any of these? If so why?
Edited by NosyNed, : No reason given.